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Foreword 

Sweetwater's ideal location, 
as the County seat of Nolan 
County in central Western 
Texas, encompassed as it is by 
widespread fields of agricul- 
tural richness, basking in a 
sunshine that is little short of 
being perennial, with a cli- 
matic poise truly representa- 
tive of Western Texas, so much 
praised by those who have ac- 
tually visited this enticing land 
of opportunity, makes it the most attractive 
center of activity for both investor and home- 
seeker in Texas today. ::::::::: 
ffl With her natural attractions and advantages 
it is inevitable that Sweetwater must ere long 
fulfill her manifest destiny and become acclaim- 
ed as the climatic and health center of that 
radius of territory immediately adjacent to 
Texas on the west, not including Western Texas. 
The climate is ideal with mild winters, continu- 
ous days of sunshine and cool summer nights 
which are not exceeded elsewhere in Texas. 
*I The opportunity for wealth and the gaining 
thereof, both from the standpoint of the inves- 
tor and the homeseeker, are unlimited and in 
offering this short treatise on Sweetwater, we 
have endeavored to put forth short authentic 
statements and facts. A careful perusal of the 
following pages will convince the most skeptic 
and, most surely, cannot do otherwise than in- 
terest those who seek health, wealth and pleas- 
ure in the most attractive section of this country 
today — Texas. :::::::::::: 




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W EE TWATER is a 

thriving- city of 6000 
|)opuIation and is con- 
ceded to be the commer- 
cial, industrial and rail- 
road center of central 
West Texas. Its civic 
bodies and business men 
being- made up ot pros- 
perous foR'siolited |)eople assures it a steady 
continuous growth in both pojuilation and 
civic improvement. 

^ Most prominent among its civic jirop- 
erties are: 

Sweetwater High School. 

Two first-class ward schools. 

Nolan County Court House. 

Twelve miles bitulithic streets now in course 
of construction and recent issuance of 
$100,000 in bonds for building of first-class 
roads out of Sweetwater; and an addition- 
al $40,000.00 bond issue contemplated for 
bitulithic paving which makes a total of 
$120,000.00 when property owners' pro- 
rata is added. 

Water works and an electric light plant. 

^ At Sweetwater is rei)resented almost 
every line of commercial enterprise, a num- 
ber which are listed following: 

6 Wholesale Houses. 

2 Wholesale Packing Industries. 

3 Banking Institutions. 

2 Cotton Gins and one large Compress. 
6 Lumber Yards. 

2 Steam Laundries. 
Large Brick Kiln. 

Large Flour Milling Company. 
Saddlery Manufacturer. 
Grogan Mineral Wells. 

3 Hotels. 

3 Railroad Trunk Lines. 

1 Daily Newspaper. 

2 Weekly Publications. 

^ At Sweetwater are located the general 
offices, shops and round house of the Kansas 




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City, Mexico &: Orient Railroad: the round 
houses, freight and passenger division of 
The Atchison, Topeka cS: Santa Fe Rail- 
way Company, one of the strongest rail- 
roads of the Southwest, and which is now 
spending $1,000, 000. 00 in the construction 
of its round houses, machine shops, etc. , at 
Sweetwater. Many miles of track are 
being constructed in the yards alone. 
Sweetwater is the railroad center of that 
territory West of Fort Worth covering a 
distance of 500 miles east and west and 
about 300 miles north and south, having 
at the present time three large important 
trunk lines with assurance that another 
line will build into Sweetwater within the 
next twelve months. The payrolls to the 
railroad employees at Sweetwater are a big 
item and are growing each month. Sweet- 
water is located on the main line of the 
Texas & Pacific Railroad. 

Cl Being one of the largest and most im- 
portant centers in western Texas as a stock 
and cattle market, Sweetwater has also 
become a packing center. Two large 
l)acking houses will be located at this 
point. One is now nearing completion, cut 
of which is shown in this booklet, and a 
larger plant is under contract and con- 
struction will begin immediately, to take 
care of the increase in the output of first- 
class beef and other meats brought here to 
market. It is said that Sweetwater will soon 
be the packing center of all the West. 

q At Sweetwater is located the Famous 
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of" the city, so well known for their med- 
icinal values. These Springs have done 
much to advertise Sweetwater as a health 
resort and watering" place. At these 
Springs are located a large modern pavil- 
ion and modern bath house. These waters 
are noted for their curative properties for 
rheumatic trouble, stomach troubles, skin 
diseases and nervous debility and are re- 
commended by leading physicians in all 
parts of this country. Shipments of these 
waters are made daily to all parts of the 
United States. 

^ Combining the op|)ortunity to use the 
waters from the Famous Cirogan Springs, 
with the 2200 foot altitude which Sweet- 
water has makes it the most desirable 
health resort and watering place inland in 
the entire Southwest. 

^ At Sweetwater there is a chance for every 
man, and while it is not possible to go into 
the marvelous jKxssibilities at Sweetwater, 
within the narrow limits of this booklet, 
there are vast areas of rich soil yet un- 
touched by the plow, with an unlimited 
tield for investment along other lines, 
which only await the coming of intelligent 
capital, additional population, and a real- 
ization of the op|)ortunities which are a- 
vailable to the man of limited means, as 
to the captain of industry. The resources 
of Sweetwater and its tributary lands are 
many and varied. Foremost, just now. 
are its agricultural and cattle raising which 
have created such a new and distinct stan- 
dard and have attracted attention from 




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every nook and corner of tliis North 
American continent. 

^ For the seeker after health, for the tour- 
ist in quest of new scenes, for the home 
seeker, whether his desire is fruit growing, 
stock raising, farming, store keeping, or a 
good conservative investment, or to settle 
down in the midst of incomj)arahle sur- 
roundings and matchless climatic condi- 
tions, Sweetwater is without a peer. 
^ The enticement which Sweetwater exerts 
over all who come under the magic spell 
of its attractiveness arises i)artly from the 
natural heauty of its setting, partly the 
comfort which its climate suggests, partly 
the fascination which comes from its close 
l)roximity to the larger centers in this 
state, which, all in all, bring about a de- 
termined desire to become an immediate 
resident of this thriving and pleasant 
center. Or, perhai)s it is the lure of the 
West, for there yet lingers in the blood of 
most of us a little of the desire of our 
Pilgrim Fathers to seek new fields of 
pleasure and investment in new lands. 




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